Anaesthesia in Rural General Practice

Information technology creeps into rural general practice.

This study looked at the effect of information technology on rural medical practice. Eight GPs in rural medical practice in Victoria were interviewed, and World Wide Web sites were accessed for information relevant to the rural GPs use of information technology. The results indicated that rural GPs are developing their use of information technology according to their needs. The use of informati...

CLINICAL PRACTICE Assessment of surgical stress during general anaesthesia

Clinical Research, GE Healthcare Finland Oy, PO Box 900, FI-00031 GE, Helsinki, Finland. VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland, PO Box 1300, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland. Department of Anaesthesia, ENT and Eye Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, PO Box 340, FI-00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland. Department of Anaesthesia, Tampere University Hospital, PO Box 2000, FI-33521 Tampere, Finlan...

Scandinavian clinical practice guidelines on general anaesthesia for emergency situations.

Emergency patients need special considerations and the number and severity of complications from general anaesthesia can be higher than during scheduled procedures. Guidelines are therefore needed. The Clinical Practice Committee of the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine appointed a working group to develop guidelines based on literature searches to assess evide...

General Anaesthesia in Cattle

General anaesthesia is the controlled and reversible loss of consciousness, which is helpful in ruminants for many surgical procedures that warrant effective control of pain and movement. General anaesthesia is indicated when the demands of technical and anatomical aspects of surgical procedure exceed the capabilities of sedative drugs and local analgesia. Moreover, the patient co-operation and...

Social class consultation patterns in rural general practice.